John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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do was to glve h1m the slgnals or our play He sa1d he wouldnt say anythmg All he wanted to do was to wm and he dzdnt care how he won as long as h1s eleven won Not know mg how to get thls money we made the deal and he pa1d me part of the money Ln advance and he agreed to glve me the rest when I gave h1m the slgnals Yesterday afternoon I gave h1m the slgnals and I recelved the rest of the money I malled 1t to the gamblers I wlsh you fellows could know what Ive been through smce then All I can say IS Im sorry Sorry thats a whole lot 1snt 1t'-' sa1d Mackay scornfully Oh shut up sa1d Evans Whats done 1S done We cant help 1t now We got to th1nk of somethmg to do We must wm There must be some solutlon sa1d Evans Ive got 1t fellows shouted Shaw Sp1ll 1t qu1ckly only have a mm ute and a half left between halfs Well you all know how our sxg nals run on even numbers Smce they run on even numbers they run pretty hlgh Well 1f we reverse the numbers we w1ll have the Van Courtland team all m1xed up because they have our old plays What do you say asked Shaw when he fmlshed h1s explana txon Lets go yelled Fuller The Central H1gh eleven quickly trotted out onto the held and took thelr pos1t1ons They held Van Courtland for four downs wtthout any gam. Now came the test The srgnals rang clear 28 38 36 46 yelled Mackey The Van Courtland lme moved ll sw1ftly to the nght sxde ready for an off tackle play The ball came to Mackey and he moved towards the center of the lme There 1t was a hole as blg as the door of a bam wlde open Off he sped wrth Casey as h1s lnterference Down they sped unt1l only the safety man remalned between them and the goal lme Casey lunged and hut h1m squarely as Mackey went on for the touch down The extra k1ck and the score was t1ed 7 7 The crowds yells seemed to cheer the Central H1gh team on There the two teams battled unt1l elght mmutes of the last quar ter Van Courtland s ball on the1r own 20 yard lme A k1ck by the rlght half back on Van Courtlands team wh1ch traveled 72 yards before Casey got h1S hands on 1t Off Casey sped unt1l yard lme Only s1x mlnutes left to play FIISI down and four to go A play around end netted S1X yards carrled by Ben Fuller A plunge through the mlddle gamed two more yards the ball car ned by Casey The Central H1gh team l1ned up the ball IS touched by the quarterback and Shaw the center stands up and throws a 45 yard pass to Evans who grabs 1t and IS over for the wmnmg touchdown as he stra1ght armed the safety man The crowd cheers as the ftrmg of the gun ends the game Suddenly a cheer breaks out from the members of the team Shaw Shaw What s more We want more of SHAW SHAW The tears streamed down h1s face as he stepped mto lme w1th fnends h1s fnends . , I I , . Il 1 . 1 . 11 ' ' ' '- I I u u 11 1 l u 1 ' ' ' , I 1 I ' . ll I ' ' I Think, fellows, think, said Fuller. he was brought down on hw Own 48 ll . ll . ' l , . Ill ' ' I I I I I I . . 1 U 1 1 . , .. 1 il ' W I I I 1 I '

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ETIIAYAL It IIN Ill Ill llli 9 E C Ox 2 QW X ..' .ff 5 uv'-' x Skt X IOHN STEIGER xxxx ft? S X XX SLOWLY AND painfully, lim Casey, right halfback for the Central High eleven, picked himself up. Stopped every time, he thought to himself, not a single play has clicked yet. Only three minutes remained for the half. If only they could hold that ball. Quickly, he filled up his position in the huddle, just in time to hear Artie Mackey, the quarterback of the team, say, Come on, fellows, we'll try Number 6. That's your play, he said to Ben Fuller, the big, brawny full- back. Put it over that 45 yard line for our first down Ill try answered Ben They lined up Then Art called the numbers swiftly 23 24 25 38 26 and the numbers rang out clear and true The ball snapped nght back into Fullers hands He gathered t m and started for the openmg made between guard and tackled for him He hit the openmg square in the middle yet there seemed to be some force hold mg him back He felt himself sinking slowly to the ground Then he used every ounce of strength and gave one more mighty heave As if hit by a solid bnck wall he fell to the ground There they were right in the m1d dle of nowhere What were they go ing to do? Only a couple of minutes to go to the half said Evans the lightning right end Its their down on our 45 yard line he added Do you thmk we can hold them until the whistle? asked Mackey As if by some magical touch they all shouted yes at once They quickly regamed their footing and walked to their positions The first play was around end but the ball carner was thrown for a three yard loss by Ioe Evans the right end The second went threw center for six yards. Then the whistle blew and the half was over. At the end of the half on their own 45 yard line. They slowly trotted to the dress- ing room. Once in the dressing room, Grimes, the coach. said, Well, fellows, what's wrong? We don't know, answered Fuller. Do you, coach? asked Evans. Yes, I think I do, answered Grimes. But I'm not going to tell you. I think I'll leave that up to Shaw, our center, to explain I've been doing a little checking up and I thmk he could explain 1t better than I Maybe he doesnt care to talk I dont know what you are talking about he stammered Perhaps I can refresh your mem ory said Grimes It all happened about three weeks ago when you went out of bounds when you werent supposed to What actually happened I dont know but maybe you had better tell us All right said Shaw still showing a little of his fright It happened 1ust l1ke coach said I went out of bounds one night Thought I needed a little fun a different kind of l1fe than I was leading here lust all studies backaches from football remarks from my teachers no fun at all I went to one of the nightclubs ui town and got myself into a ruce gamblmg debt of S150 Iust a few days before this big game today with Van Courtland High the nightclub manager told me to have the money by game time or else I didnt know what to do It must have been all planned Because the captam of the Van Courtland team came over to me yesterday when I was m town and asked if I wanted to repay that S150 debt I owed to the nightclub All I had to , ,, . . . Il I II ' ' . 1 11 I I ll I - n lt I I I I I 1 . I 1 - i u 'II s I I 15 , . 1 . 1 1 I . . . - l - - - tt - . In 1 1 D . . . I ll ' 1 . . ,. . . . . . 11 . . . . , t. 11 - 1 fww I . . 4 ,Q if Ta: r 1 ff 1 ' ' me JWQMF ' Af' l . 1A,1, .f ' . C I 'Ns' Q K Z1-L :1 .,4 1 7' ii ,ig-S ' ,, x fqxawk ssl 1' X X .,. . VV

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'PONIGH'I S 'PHE NIGHT NORMA MORGILLO IT WAS a dreary, cold evening. The rain splattered on the window pane and in this atmosphere of mysterious surroundings a voice shrilly called Marian. A small wisp of a woman came hurrying into the spacious room where seated by the fireplace was an old woman wrinkled and gray. Her piercing eyes seemed to be held spellbound by an object above her. This is it, Marian-tonight is the night! The frightened looking woman in a very deceiving voice coolly replied, You've been saying that for live years now, Aggie! Oh, but tonight. I am positive! The black headlines on a drizzly night screamed the news of Ramsey Darpen's strange murder. The item said: Ramsey Darpens, aged 42, was found at 10 P.M., Monday night, by his wife, Agatha Darpens. Protruding from the base of his neck was ct sharp icicle-shaped piece of glass. The autopsy showed the death was due to the stab. Everyone was very puzzled as to the origin of the instrument. This mys- tery was solved soon enough, for at 4 P.M., a day later, a crash was heard in the library. The middle of the floor was covered with a gigan- tic mass of glass. The chandelier had fallen with a crash, bang to the floor below. This solved the origin of the crystal but why had the chandelier fallen? After careful investigation it was discovered that inserted in the body of the chandelier was a time clock. At 4 P.M. this was to go off releasing a pressure on the chande- lier which would cause it to fall. It was a daily custom that at 4 P.M. Mrs. Darpen had her tea in the library. This meant that someone had planned to kill Mrs. Darpens, but who? Thr. person in question solved his my tery herself by telling the story ot her nephew. It seems that she pos sessed a secret fortune. Only Iames McRally, her nephew, knew of this and upon her death he would inherit it all. He was on very poor terms with Mr. Darpens who cut him off entirely from his will. Mrs. Darpens felt someone should provide for her beloved nephew and felt the task was bestowed upon her He had come a week before the tragedy and imploringly asked for S20,00U. Of course, it was refused, not on the basis of denial, for the ridicu- lousness of the request, but because Iames would not give any reason for his immediate need. He stormed out in a rage, saying he'd get even. He had not been seen or heard from since then. If he was not entangled he would surely have shown his face when he read of the murder even if only out of respect for his aunt but this was not the case. There was no other evi- dence and that seemed logical so Iimmy was tracked down and brought to court on the circumstantial evidence introduced. He denied everything. He had not come to the funeral for he 12